1959-09-19

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	4	Leicester City	St Andrew's	25,003
Hooper 2 (1p), Smith	Lineups		Riley, Keyworth 2, Cheesebrough
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Arsenal	Ewood Park	31,647
Isherwood	Lineups		Herd
Blackpool	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	35,303	Largest home gate 1959-60
Mudie 3	Lineups		Deeley
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Fulham	Burnden Park	24,751
Stevens, Hill, Lampe OG	Lineups		Cook 2
Chelsea	2	4	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	54,349
Livesey, Blunstone	Lineups		Dick 2, Musgrove, Woosnam
Everton	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Goodison Park	37,375
Shackleton 2	Lineups		Hill
Luton Town	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Kenilworth Road	16,634
Brown	Lineups
Manchester City	3	0	Manchester United	Maine Road	58,300
Hayes 2, Hannah	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	3	Burnley	St James' Park	38,576
Tait	Lineups		Connelly 2, McIlroy
Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	Preston North End	White Hart Lane	51,776
Mackay, Smith R, Dunmore, Jones 2	Lineups		Lambert
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Leeds United	The Hawthorns	26,364
Robson, Allen 2	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	9	1	3	0	9	5	4	1	0	15	5	2.4	14	W	W	W	D	D	1959-09-26	Leicester City	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	3	1	0	18	5	2	1	2	11	12	1.706	12	L	W	W	L	W	1959-09-26	Everton	H
3	0	Arsenal	9	2	2	1	7	5	2	2	0	8	4	1.667	12	D	W	W	W	D	1959-09-26	Blackpool	H
4	0	Burnley	9	3	0	1	10	7	3	0	2	9	9	1.188	12	W	L	W	W	L	1959-09-26	Birmingham City	H
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	8	3	1	0	9	2	1	1	2	6	7	1.667	10	D	L	L	W	W	1959-09-21	Everton	H
6	3	West Bromwich Albion	9	3	1	1	14	6	0	3	1	4	5	1.636	10	W	D	L	D	W	1959-09-26	West Ham United	A
7	5	West Ham United	9	2	0	2	7	5	2	2	1	11	11	1.125	10	W	L	L	D	L	1959-09-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	-2	Preston North End	9	2	2	0	6	4	1	1	3	9	14	0.833	9	L	W	W	L	W	1959-09-26	Manchester United	H
9	-2	Nottingham Forest	9	1	2	1	5	7	2	1	2	4	4	0.818	9	L	W	D	W	W	1959-09-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	5	Blackpool	9	2	2	1	9	7	1	1	2	2	7	0.786	9	W	D	L	D	L	1959-09-26	Arsenal	A
11	5	Leicester City	9	2	1	1	7	6	1	2	2	8	15	0.714	9	W	D	L	D	L	1959-09-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	-4	Fulham	9	4	0	0	13	5	0	1	4	3	19	0.667	9	L	L	W	W	D	1959-09-26	Chelsea	H
13	-3	Manchester United	9	2	0	2	10	8	1	2	2	11	12	1.05	8	L	D	L	W	D	1959-09-26	Preston North End	A
14	-3	Chelsea	9	2	1	2	17	17	1	1	2	4	6	0.913	8	L	W	L	D	W	1959-09-26	Fulham	A
15	2	Manchester City	9	3	0	2	13	10	1	0	3	5	10	0.9	8	W	L	L	W	L	1959-09-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	-3	Leeds United	9	1	2	1	7	7	2	0	3	5	13	0.6	8	L	D	W	L	W	1959-09-26	Newcastle United	H
17	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	9	2	1	1	8	3	1	0	4	5	10	1	7	L	L	W	L	L	1959-09-26	Luton Town	H
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	9	3	0	2	10	8	0	1	3	3	6	0.929	7	W	L	W	L	D	1959-09-26	Nottingham Forest	A
19	1	Everton	8	2	2	1	7	5	0	1	2	4	8	0.846	7	W	W	D	D	L	1959-09-21	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	2	Luton Town	9	1	1	3	2	4	1	2	1	6	7	0.727	7	W	W	L	L	D	1959-09-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	-3	Newcastle United	9	1	1	3	4	10	1	1	2	9	9	0.684	6	L	D	W	D	L	1959-09-26	Leeds United	A
22	-1	Birmingham City	9	1	2	2	9	10	0	1	3	4	8	0.722	5	L	L	L	D	D	1959-09-26	Burnley	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Goldstone Ground	23,318
Wilson, Bertolini	Lineups		Carter 2
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Portsmouth	Eastville	21,055
Biggs, Ward	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	4	Rotherham United	Ninian Park	24,392
Sullivan	Lineups		Webster 2, Sawyer, Malloy OG
Derby County	1	2	Liverpool	Baseball Ground	18,851
Thompson	Lineups		A'Court, Hunt
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Aston Villa	Leeds Road	22,522
	Lineups		McParland
Hull City	0	2	Scunthorpe United	Boothferry Park	18,459
	Lineups		Waldock, Donnelly
Ipswich Town	6	1	Sunderland	Portman Road	14,941
Curtis 3, Phillips 3	Lineups		Fogarty
Leyton Orient	4	0	Lincoln City	Brisbane Road	11,764
Waites 2, Facey, Brown	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	30,918
Clough 3	Lineups
Sheffield United	5	2	Bristol City	Bramall Lane	17,777
Shiels 2, Russell 2, Pace	Lineups		Rogers, Virgin
Swansea Town	2	2	Stoke City	Vetch Field	14,626
Webster 2	Lineups		Bentley, Newlands

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Aston Villa	9	4	0	0	12	3	3	1	1	6	4	2.571	15	W	W	W	W	D	1959-09-26	Leyton Orient	H
2	1	Middlesbrough	9	3	2	0	14	3	2	1	1	12	7	2.6	13	W	D	W	W	W	1959-09-26	Bristol City	A
3	-1	Cardiff City	9	4	0	1	12	8	2	1	1	6	5	1.385	13	L	W	W	W	W	1959-09-26	Lincoln City	A
4	2	Sheffield United	9	4	0	1	16	6	1	2	1	5	7	1.615	12	W	L	D	L	W	1959-09-26	Scunthorpe United	A
5	3	Leyton Orient	9	4	0	1	15	7	0	3	1	5	6	1.538	11	W	D	L	W	D	1959-09-26	Aston Villa	A
6	-1	Huddersfield Town	9	3	1	1	9	5	2	0	2	9	7	1.5	11	L	L	W	W	D	1959-09-26	Sunderland	A
7	-3	Charlton Athletic	8	2	2	0	9	6	2	1	1	9	7	1.385	11	L	W	D	W	W	1959-09-21	Bristol Rovers	A
8	4	Rotherham United	9	0	3	1	6	7	3	1	1	11	7	1.214	10	W	D	W	L	D	1959-09-26	Hull City	H
9	0	Stoke City	9	4	0	1	14	7	0	2	2	5	9	1.188	10	D	W	L	L	W	1959-09-26	Bristol Rovers	H
10	3	Bristol Rovers	8	2	2	0	7	4	1	2	1	5	7	1.091	10	W	L	D	W	D	1959-09-21	Charlton Athletic	H
11	-4	Sunderland	9	2	2	0	8	3	2	0	3	6	14	0.824	10	L	W	D	W	W	1959-09-26	Huddersfield Town	H
12	2	Liverpool	9	3	0	1	12	7	1	1	3	6	8	1.2	9	W	D	L	W	L	1959-09-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	2	1	10	8	1	1	2	5	6	1.071	9	D	D	W	L	W	1959-09-26	Swansea Town	H
14	-3	Swansea Town	9	3	1	1	10	7	1	0	3	7	10	1	9	D	W	W	L	L	1959-09-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	0	Ipswich Town	9	4	0	1	17	6	0	0	4	4	11	1.235	8	W	W	L	L	W	1959-09-26	Portsmouth	A
16	2	Scunthorpe United	9	1	2	1	5	4	1	1	3	3	9	0.615	7	W	D	L	L	D	1959-09-26	Sheffield United	H
17	-1	Plymouth Argyle	9	2	1	1	6	6	0	2	3	6	14	0.6	7	D	D	L	W	L	1959-09-26	Liverpool	A
18	-1	Derby County	9	0	1	3	4	12	2	0	3	9	7	0.684	5	L	L	W	L	L	1959-09-26	Charlton Athletic	A
19	0	Hull City	9	1	1	3	6	12	1	0	3	4	15	0.37	5	L	D	W	L	L	1959-09-26	Rotherham United	A
20	0	Portsmouth	9	0	1	3	5	9	1	1	3	5	10	0.526	4	L	L	L	L	L	1959-09-26	Ipswich Town	H
21	0	Lincoln City	9	1	0	3	3	5	1	0	4	4	16	0.333	4	L	L	L	W	L	1959-09-26	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Bristol City	9	1	0	3	4	6	0	1	4	9	18	0.542	3	L	L	L	L	L	1959-09-26	Middlesbrough	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	2	Halifax Town	Oakwell	13,677	Largest home gate 1959-60
Tindill	Lineups		Tilley, Smith (p)
Bradford City	4	5	Accrington Stanley	Valley Parade	9,744
Jackson D, Stokes 2, Boyle	Lineups		McCreadie 2, Tighe 2, Keeley
Coventry City	1	1	Newport County	Highfield Road	18,254
Straw	Lineups		McSeveney
Grimsby Town	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park	13,462
Hunt	Lineups		Eglington
Port Vale	3	1	Brentford	Vale Park	12,817
Steele 2, Barnett	Lineups		Francis
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Loftus Road	11,410
Bedford, Golding, Nelson OG	Lineups
Reading	4	1	Southend United	Elm Park	10,291
Shreeves, Lacey, Wheeler 2	Lineups		Forrester
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Colchester United	Gay Meadow	9,068
Whitaker 3, Starkey	Lineups		Langman
Southampton	5	2	Mansfield Town	The Dell	15,831
Reeves 3, O'Brien, Mulgrew	Lineups		Jones, Ripley
Swindon Town	1	0	Bury	County Ground	11,241
Edwards	Lineups
Wrexham	1	2	Norwich City	Racecourse Ground	13,277
Weston	Lineups		Hill, Jones K OG
York City	1	0	Chesterfield	Bootham Crescent	9,673
Wilkinson	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Halifax Town	9	3	1	0	8	5	3	1	1	6	4	1.556	14	W	W	W	L	W	1959-09-22	Brentford	A
2	2	Norwich City	9	3	1	0	12	3	2	2	1	7	6	2.111	13	W	L	W	D	W	1959-09-23	Bury	H
3	4	Southampton	9	4	1	0	18	11	1	2	1	9	8	1.421	13	W	W	W	D	W	1959-09-23	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	4	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	2	0	8	0	2	0	2	9	6	2.833	12	W	D	W	L	W	1959-09-21	Coventry City	A
5	-2	Grimsby Town	9	4	1	0	17	3	1	1	2	8	9	2.083	12	D	W	L	L	W	1959-09-21	York City	A
6	-1	Coventry City	9	2	2	1	8	5	2	2	0	9	4	1.889	12	D	W	W	D	W	1959-09-21	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	2	Shrewsbury Town	9	3	1	1	13	6	2	1	1	9	6	1.833	12	W	W	L	W	L	1959-09-23	Southampton	A
8	-6	Bury	9	4	0	0	10	2	1	1	3	5	4	2.5	11	L	W	L	D	W	1959-09-23	Norwich City	A
9	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	4	0	0	12	4	1	1	3	3	7	1.364	11	L	W	W	L	W	1959-09-23	Newport County	H
10	0	Newport County	9	3	0	1	7	5	1	3	1	4	6	1	11	D	D	W	W	L	1959-09-23	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	4	Swindon Town	9	3	2	0	11	7	1	0	3	4	8	1	10	W	L	D	W	L	1959-09-23	Wrexham	H
12	1	Tranmere Rovers	9	3	2	0	17	4	0	1	3	3	8	1.667	9	D	D	W	L	W	1959-09-21	Chesterfield	A
13	-2	Barnsley	9	2	0	3	8	8	1	3	0	7	4	1.25	9	L	W	W	D	W	1959-09-21	Port Vale	A
14	-2	Brentford	9	2	2	0	8	5	1	1	3	8	11	1	9	L	L	W	D	D	1959-09-22	Halifax Town	H
15	1	York City	9	3	1	1	6	4	0	2	2	1	5	0.778	9	W	D	D	W	L	1959-09-21	Grimsby Town	H
16	-2	Bradford City	9	3	0	2	12	9	0	2	2	5	9	0.944	8	L	L	L	D	W	1959-09-21	Southend United	A
17	2	Port Vale	9	2	1	1	5	5	1	0	4	6	19	0.458	7	W	L	L	D	L	1959-09-21	Barnsley	H
18	-1	Colchester United	9	2	2	0	9	6	0	0	5	7	18	0.667	6	L	L	W	W	L	1959-09-21	Mansfield Town	H
19	4	Accrington Stanley	9	1	2	1	7	7	1	0	4	7	21	0.5	6	W	L	L	W	L	1959-09-23	Reading	A
20	-2	Mansfield Town	9	0	3	1	3	6	1	0	4	6	15	0.429	5	L	D	L	W	L	1959-09-21	Colchester United	A
21	-1	Chesterfield	8	2	0	2	8	10	0	0	4	4	11	0.571	4	L	L	W	L	L	1959-09-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	-1	Wrexham	8	1	1	2	5	6	0	1	3	5	14	0.5	4	L	L	L	L	W	1959-09-23	Swindon Town	A
23	-1	Southend United	9	1	0	3	5	12	0	2	3	4	11	0.391	4	L	D	L	L	L	1959-09-21	Bradford City	H
24	0	Reading	9	1	1	3	11	11	0	0	4	8	14	0.76	3	W	L	L	L	D	1959-09-23	Accrington Stanley	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Carlisle United	1	0	Watford	Brunton Park	7,045
Tulloch	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Crystal Palace	Gresty Road	7,786
Llewellyn	Lineups		Roche
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Rochdale	Belle Vue	5,066
Fernie, Walker (p)	Lineups		Cairns
Gillingham	3	1	Chester	Priestfield Stadium	7,551
Albury 2 (1p), Brown	Lineups		Pimlott
Hartlepools United	3	0	Bradford	Victoria Park	4,109
Clark 2, Scott	Lineups
Millwall	2	0	Aldershot	The Den, New Cross	16,592
Wilson 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	0	Gateshead	County Ground	9,426
Leck 2	Lineups
Notts County	3	0	Exeter City	Meadow Lane	11,982
Roby, Horobin, Forrest	Lineups
Southport	1	0	Barrow	Haig Avenue	4,034
Reeson	Lineups
Torquay United	1	2	Darlington	Plainmoor	7,896
Northcott T	Lineups		Darbyshire, Redfearn
Walsall	3	1	Stockport County	Fellows Park	11,309
Faulkner, Richards, Taylor	Lineups		Wallace
Workington	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Borough Park	4,689
Booth, Rollo (p)	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Millwall	9	4	1	0	12	1	1	3	0	3	2	5	14	W	W	D	D	W	1959-09-21	Northampton Town	A
2	1	Walsall	9	3	1	1	11	5	3	1	0	9	4	2.222	14	W	D	W	L	W	1959-09-22	Darlington	H
3	-2	Torquay United	9	3	1	1	13	7	3	0	1	6	4	1.727	13	L	W	W	W	D	1959-09-21	Stockport County	A
4	0	Carlisle United	9	2	2	1	6	8	3	1	0	6	2	1.2	13	W	D	W	W	L	1959-09-23	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	1	Gillingham	9	5	0	0	15	7	1	0	3	3	5	1.5	12	W	W	W	L	W	1959-09-24	Workington	A
6	1	Crystal Palace	9	3	1	0	12	6	1	2	2	4	7	1.231	11	D	W	W	W	L	1959-09-23	Watford	H
7	-2	Watford	9	3	1	0	9	0	1	1	3	4	6	2.167	10	L	W	W	W	L	1959-09-23	Crystal Palace	A
8	2	Notts County	9	4	0	1	13	3	0	2	2	3	6	1.778	10	W	W	L	D	L	1959-09-21	Hartlepools United	A
9	4	Darlington	9	2	2	0	7	2	2	0	3	4	10	0.917	10	W	D	D	L	W	1959-09-22	Walsall	A
10	-2	Stockport County	9	3	0	1	7	3	1	1	3	7	8	1.273	9	L	L	W	L	W	1959-09-21	Torquay United	H
11	3	Northampton Town	9	3	1	0	7	1	0	2	3	9	13	1.143	9	W	L	D	W	D	1959-09-21	Millwall	H
12	-3	Exeter City	9	3	1	1	8	5	1	0	3	2	6	0.909	9	L	W	L	L	W	1959-09-21	Bradford	A
13	3	Doncaster Rovers	9	3	1	1	7	7	0	2	2	3	6	0.769	9	W	D	L	L	W	1959-09-24	Southport	H
14	3	Hartlepools United	9	2	1	2	11	7	1	1	2	6	9	1.063	8	W	W	L	D	L	1959-09-21	Notts County	H
15	-4	Aldershot	9	3	1	0	12	2	0	1	4	4	15	0.941	8	L	W	D	D	L	1959-09-21	Gateshead	H
16	-4	Rochdale	9	2	1	1	5	3	0	3	2	4	7	0.9	8	L	D	D	W	D	1959-09-22	Barrow	H
17	1	Workington	9	2	2	1	8	6	0	2	2	3	8	0.786	8	W	L	W	D	D	1959-09-24	Gillingham	H
18	-3	Barrow	9	1	3	1	7	5	1	0	3	6	11	0.813	7	L	D	L	W	D	1959-09-22	Rochdale	A
19	1	Crewe Alexandra	9	2	1	1	5	5	0	2	3	2	9	0.5	7	D	L	D	L	D	1959-09-23	Carlisle United	H
20	4	Southport	9	1	2	2	6	7	0	2	2	1	6	0.538	6	W	L	D	L	L	1959-09-24	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	-2	Gateshead	9	2	1	1	4	3	0	1	4	6	17	0.5	6	L	L	L	D	L	1959-09-21	Aldershot	A
22	-1	Chester	9	1	1	2	2	4	1	0	4	6	11	0.533	5	L	L	D	W	W	1959-09-23	Oldham Athletic	H
23	-1	Oldham Athletic	9	2	0	2	5	4	0	1	4	5	16	0.5	5	L	L	L	D	L	1959-09-23	Chester	A
24	-1	Bradford	9	0	3	1	4	6	1	0	4	1	8	0.357	5	L	L	L	D	W	1959-09-21	Exeter City	H